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A non-sanctioned group of students at Collingswood High School is the subject of investigation — amid reports of harassment by a White Student Union.

School officials and police in Collingswood, New Jersey are reportedly looking into an unsanctioned high school club accused of discriminating against fellow students based on their race.

On Jill Country Love, blues guitarist Cedric Burnside sups from a communal well, adding his own distinctive flavour

A non-sanctioned group of students at Collingswood High School is the subject of investigation — amid reports of harassment by a White Student Union.

School officials and police in Collingswood, New Jersey are reportedly looking into an unsanctioned high school club accused of discriminating against fellow students based on their race.

Cedric Burnside’s style of country blues is deep, deceptively complex, and unafraid of sending in a curveball – because if it feels right it is right

The North Mississippi Allstars man has led a storied career. He discusses his surprising jams with Rich Robinson and co, recording with The Replacements at the age of 13, and how his dad (via Bo Diddl

Release Day Picks this week highlight new albums by Brittany Howard, Madi Diaz, Helado Negro, The Fearless Flyers, Tinsley Ellis and Les Claypool.

A native of Plymouth, Dick Waterman served as a chronicler of the rebirth of the blues and of the resurrection of the careers of aging bluesmen, and as a conduit from the clubs of Boston and Cambridge to the Mississippi Delta.

The Boston-bred agent, promoter, and photographer — a central figure in the city's '60s folk scene who would soon embrace a lifetime in the blues — died Jan. 26 at age 88.